Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(5): The employer did not establish a system to promptly address the team's findings and recommendations; assure that the recommendations were resolved in a timely manner with documented resolutions; document the actions that were to be taken; complete actions as soon as possible; develop a written schedule of action completion dates; or communicate the actions to operating maintenance, and other employees working in the process areas or who may have been affected by the recommendations or actions: Employees engaged in operating, inspecting, testing, and maintaining activities at the covered process equipment or employees engaged in production activities throughout the facility were exposed to catastrophic release of ammonia which results in asphyxiation, explosion and flash fire leading to death and injury to persons in and near the facility in that a system was not developed and implemented to resolve the Process Hazard Analysis findings and recommendations and act on them when appropriate, in a timely manner with documented resolutions. a) The employer did not ensure that the findings and recommendations from the 2010 Process Hazard Analysis were resolved and acted on in a timely and appropriate manner. There are still open items since 2010. b) The employer did not document the resolution of action items from the 2015 Process Hazard Analysis. A system was not created to promptly address the findings. There are 21 items of findings and recommendations for the Main Plant; 20 items of findings and recommendations for the New Addition. The current status of completion is unknown. 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.